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Had the researchers done so, they would have found that Salafism is nothing more than what the classical Shariah authorities have held for a millennium.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Shariah��s Black Box
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This mind-set was typical of the engineers and technocrats who disproportionately made up the extremist branch of Salafism, a school of thought intent on returning Islam to the idealized early days of the religion.
NEWYORKER: The Rebellion Within
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Many Arab governments, including Egypt's, had come to regard Salafism, with its focus on Sunni orthodoxy and punctilious personal piety, as a useful foil to the more politically engaged pan-Islamism of groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood.
ECONOMIST: The authorities want to control the airwaves��if they can